Autonomous Oceanographic Sampling Using Environmentally-Powered Gliding Vehicles.

摘要

Our long-term goal is to develop a flexible system of autonomous gliding vehicles suitable for extended oceanographic exploration in both coastal and blue-water environments. We place particular emphasis on the development and application of high-endurance, low-cost, intelligent vehicles capable of coordinated operation within the framework of an autonomous oceanographic sampling network. Our strategy is to combine technology development activities with well-defined and important oceanographic research efforts through a series of increasingly complex field experiments.